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Meet die Wäsche

See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.

All 3 meanings

  1. wash, washing, laundry (the act of cleaning with water; an instance thereof)
  2. laundry (clothes that have been or are to be washed)
  3. (by extension) clothes, especially underwear

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Wäsche, use the coloured column: feminine.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

no plural

Examples

  1. 1
    Die saubere Wäsche trocknet schnell.The clean laundry dries quickly.Nominative · subjectPractise „sauber“ →
  2. 2
    Ich sortiere die frische Wäsche.I sort the fresh laundry.Accusative · sortierenPractise „frisch“ →
  3. 3
    Anna kommt mit ihrer sauberen Wäsche.Anna comes with her clean laundry.Dative · mitPractise „sauber“ →
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